The Ale House in Taunton Deane

I did like the place. It was pleasant but they were having work done on the roof and beer garden. They allow dogs in and my only complaint would be the smell of cats P by the pool table.

This was a very pleasant pub, as a female solo traveller I was very comfortable going in on my own, staff are very friendly as are customers I didn’t have any food but it did look and smell amazing

Booked a table for 3 at lunch time today because I heard the food was good and it did not disapoint. Lovely Scampi , chips, and mushy peas, with 12 pieces of Scampi, lovely and hot and great value for money, will defo visit again.The service was good and the bar lady was friendly and polite.

Great Ploughmans Lunch and a Pint at the Ale House today.

Firstly emma was fantastic food was great atmosphere brilliant cracking breakfast

Great night, excellent band and good beer.

Really rude barmaid no pleases or thankyous, she really let down an otherwise nice pub. I won’t be going back what’s the point if the staff clearly don’t want you there, shame.

Ive been in befor for a drink. The Food was amazing I went for the first time for a meal and had the mixed grill and my mum had the fish pie definitely worth the money and everyone makes you feel very welcome xx

Amazing food. Really good value Had mixed grill and roast dinners. Cauliflower cheese was really cheesy and home made Yorkshired

Brilliant pub, staff are fantastic as is the landlady. Food is brilliant and all very reasonably priced. Drinks are good quality. Very close to the train station so a great first stop on a crawl round taunton but you won't want to leave!

Stopped with mates for breakfast and a pint on Gold Cup day..amazing breakfast and great service..we'll be back

Down to earth boozer with large portions of food.

Popped in for lunch and was very impressed. Great service and fantastic home cooked food. Will definitely visit again

We stopped by for some lunch while we were shopping in Taunton. There is a very good range of local beer and Ale. The food was tasty and reasonably priced. The whole family enjoyed themselves, and our dog was also welcomed. Well worth a visit if you are in the area.

It was freezing cold we were on the way to the train station, we just needed to warm up so we ordered a cup of tea, this is a first, normally we have beer,but we were so cold ,we just loved it

Well kept beer served by welcoming staff. Can’t really ask for more.

Popped in with a colleague today for some lunch and was very impressed. Staff friendly and food very good. Proper pub grub, nothing reheated in a microwave. Will definitely eat here again.

Excellent food and cheerful service. Only negative is the new seating at high tables. The high stools are uncomfortable and heavy to move.

We didn't eat here so I can not rate it but the food does look good with a good few people eating so I think that speaks for itself. Good selection of drinks the staff seem nice and pleasant as does the pub, no car parking that I can see but good level access. Price's are reasonable all in all quite a good place

Best traditional English breakfast I've had for ages...a lucky chance find..

A great place to eat and drink, food traditional, Faggot, mash and peas. All freshly cooked, service was quick even as they had 30+ buffet booking. Good selection of ale, cider and biers and £4.80 for Cruzcampo, what else could be better.

Still pretty good in 2024.you should go there!

Table service was excellent, the food more so and the beer better still! Superb to spend a few hours catching up with friends I hadn't seen since covid kicked in. A real find.

Didnt tey food but it loooked like the Sunday roast was definately a tummy filler. Real ale was perfect. Old Slug. Was a busy pub for a Sunday evening. Great atmosphere.

Good genuine pub. Food looks lovely, but not had the opportunity to try it yet. Beer kept very well, as befits it's name! Busy, but friendly, which hopefully means they are doing well and continue to provide a great pub experience.

Popped in here for a quick cider and sat in the beer garden. It was a nice relaxing pint and the atmosphere is good

Great Pub with a friendly atmosphere including friendly cats 🐈 , great food and plenty of ales on offer. Watched a brilliant local band play there called The Upper Hand, who are amazing 👍🍺🕺🏻🎶💃🏼

Nice clean and bright pub with a welcome for all and their dogs. A good selection of ales beers and especially ciders . Unfortunately they have cats which might make your dog anxious

Had the large breakfast, wow could only manage half of it,lol, I suggest you start off small and work your way up,the service was good and the staff friendly, very reasonably priced.

Great little boozer and very good prices. It's my favourite boozer in taunton.

Lovely pub visited after the cricket. Cheddar Valley Cider was excellent. Well worth popping in.

I often choose this place as somewhere to go when I feel like a homecooked meal. The portions are huge, the prices are reasonable, and they taste fantastic. It's a small pub so not much seating, and I imagine it would get busy of a weekend. Definitely try one of the pies, they are a speciality here!

Very friendly and a lovely place to have a drink. Selection of 6 pies and various tap ales made it a lovely place to have tea. We had children with us and they were very accommodating.

Food is really good for us as a family

Wouldn’t normally go for a city centre pub, but went as part of the beer trail. Food exceptionally good value, but also very good quality. Cheeseboard with 3 third pints for £12.50 was easily enough for two and sausage, egg and chips was great for £6.95. Proper farmers’ sausages and homemade chips. I can thoroughly recommend.

Lovely pub. Staff are brilliant, food is very good. Love the atmosphere. Proper boozer.

Good little pub with a good selection of drinks, bar snacks & a good daytime food menu. Food is lovely! Juke box in bar, Really friendly staff & a nice beer garden. Dogs always welcome too. resident cats so be aware of this fact if your dog(s) do not like cats. Live bands at weekends & open late. An overlooked jewel in taunton town.

Proper little Boozer, Fiona runs a cracking place.

Excellent lunch spot en route to the rain-delayed cricket. Fantastic bar service and great food- good range of real ales

Had the big breakfast and I reckon this is the best fry up in Taunton. The options. I went for large and couldn’t finish it (less than £10!). Highly recommended.

Good food, polite service. The stake and the lasagna delicious. Big portion.

Went in to eat and we weren't dissapointed. Food was wonderful and nice beer. Staff were very friendly and it made a pleasure to be there. Lots of local regulars who obviously enjoy a beer. It was the night of the football and got very busy but a great atmosphere.

I've had to visit Taunton for the past 7 to 8 weeks and have since then enjoyed many a good night here. Lovely landlady and bar staff and along with some of her customers have taken me under their wing. Not had a chance to eat there due to the time I get there at nights but this is a proper pub, great people, great music and loads of fun.

one of the tastiest breakfasts I've had in a long time...and I've been to many breakfast establishments being a contractor... Excellent value for money... you can swap black pudding for another item... Fresh Espresso coffee etc.. 10 / 10 great job guys.

We went in for a vegetarian breakfast. My friend and I were both desperate for the bathroom and we wanted to use the facilities before getting down to ordering. When I came out my friend said there was no vegetarian breakfast on the menu and I asked them did they ask. Just at that point the bar person came over and barked at us that we had to make a donation because we used the facilities. I tried to explain we were going to eat if they had vegetarian breakfast but she kept on about making a donation and that she'd give me cash back on my card! I looked at the menu and said they didn't have vegetarian options to which she replied they did. I'm sorry but I have NEVER been set about in this manner for using the facilities before ordering and we certainly weren't going to eat there after that ordeal! We left without spending a penny and I'm sure their bank isn't broken by us each spending a penny. Had she not come at us like a bulldog chewing a wasp we might have been more open to staying there for food as pre planned. Edit: I did not show metta to the woman and was resentful for the way we were treated when we attempted to visit the ale house. We had just come away from a 6 weeks out of 16/17 weeks Buddhist working retreat and I was a bit overwhelmed by the first interaction we had with any human outside the project. I am sorry that she is suffering. And maybe business isn't good. May she will learn better like I am learning not to cause offence. I was simply surprised we weren't getting water out of the of their public house without being given the right menu option and being charged for it. With as much kindness in the world, the house that cannot provide a passing stranger a glass of water with being asked for money is a sad house indeed. They need help 🙏✨💕 I should learn the lesson to speak with crystal clear speech with kindness and not idly. May all beings be happy, may all blessings be yours. Namaste 🙏

Nothing was too much trouble for our party of five plus two dogs. The dogs got a huge bowl of water and some optional biscuits - we got some excellent pies and the largest hunters chicken I have ever seen. There was so much we had to skip puddings and have post lunch coffees to get us on our way. Prices very reasonable, music very palatable. If I'm ever passing again, I'll know where to go.

First time in Taunton and called at the King's head. Looked like a nice pub, only problem was no real ale. Less than a 5 minute walk away we came across the Ale house, what a great place 5 real ales on, unfortunately only sampled 2 but they were superb. If I ever visit Taunton again I would definitely pop in for a pint or 6. Also has a great beer garden.

Staff pleasant and very helpful with directions

Great pub very close to Somerset County Cricket ground, excellent breakfast but took a long time to be served,

The Ale house does a lovely breakfast at a very reasonable price. Very friendly staff

Excellent staff polite, attentive, helpful and efficient. Food cooked to order, was delicious and well presented. Brilliant value for money. Can't fault it at all.

Only there for a drink before our table was ready at a restaurant near by Atmosphere was buzzing, staff were really friendly as were the customers. Very chatty!

Great place before, during, and after a day watching Somerset..

Great pub for food we'll priced drinks and friendly atmosphere

Proper pub with probably the best beer (at sensible prices) in Taunton at the moment

Stopped off at this Pub whilst visiting Taunton for the day and I'm so pleased we did. The lady who served me at the bar was so pleasant. The breakfast we ordered was amazing, hot, fresh and plenty of it, Superb value for money. The pub itself has a really good vibe with 80s tunes playing, doesn't get better than that! Will definitely visit again next time we're in the area. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Good beer and cider selection and the best value food in Taunton

Great food at a good price and a nice selection of beers.

The landlady s taste in music is exquisite. Never thought I'd here holiday in Cambodia put on the jukebox.

Came in the first time and had breakfast. Food was okay for the price but waiting over 1hour25minutes for it was not on. there may have been a dozen people in front of us but whats the first thing you do when you see a dozen breakfast orders come in? get 2 dozen sausages and bacon cooking. The bar staff was apologetic but the kitchen needs to sort out their prep. rushing to eat is not healthy.

I played several gigs here and it's a great party pub.

Came as an away fan (Dover) on 13.01.24 great pub with a jukebox, dart board, pool table and good pint prices 👍 nice one

Good food and beer with a friendly atmosphere. Great pub.

The breakfast was fantastic cooked to perfection buy the new head head chef james

Nice bunch of people and lovely uber efficient bar maid. Beer was nice too.

Needed a place to keep warm and eat as.our train was delayed. Lovely cheesy chips, was a bit of a man's pub, football was on!

Friendly staff and very reasonable prices.

Entertainment not very good won't be going back

Got to see the love of my life for the first time in ages so apart from waiting a while for a drink, because someone before me throughtlessly ordered for a million people. I jest. It was great.

Had a lovely evening. Food was lovely. Staff great, really friendly. Had a band playing which was also good

Cheap and cheerful pub with nice food and good range of drinks. Food was quite slow in arriving, but friendly staff made up for it!

I stopped by the Ale House on my way back to London after visiting Taunton to see Noel perform. Friendly staff and delicious Whole potatoes! Simple but still memorable whole potatoes!

Very friendly place, good choice of beers and ciders. Only ate there once in four visits but food was perfectly OK for the price we paid. Good service, busy but not overcrowded.

We were staying for a weekend nearby and called in for a drink. The pub is really friendly and has a relaxed vibe. A great selection of drinks on offer. We ended up stepping the afternoon playing pool and watching the rugby. The next day we went back for lunch which was really nice. We didn't have the Sunday dinner, but they looked great. I'm also a fan of the cats in the pub. So lovely to see how relaxed they were in the pub.

Great staff, great beers and food, 🍻 👏

Lovely place to suit locals and travelers. Food very resonabke priced snd generous portions. Bar lady serving very busy and very smily and happy. Didnt eat but looks like cooked to order

Great place to watch the footy, good priced beer and excellent service, I did eat but the food that was coming out of the kitchen looked good.

Me and friend play pool once a month, and have struggled to find a place that serves food and relaxing, because I am ex army and he is ex air force suffering from PTSD. We both visited the Ale house a few weeks ago and noticed they have a very good menu and decided we would give it a go for out afternoon out. Today, we went there and played a few games of pool and both had a ploughman's. Well, what can I say, the food was brilliant, the customer service was above and beyond and to make things so worth the visit, the atmosphere was so relaxing, we both felt at ease. So one a month, we will be visiting the Ale house and using the place for our monthly boys afternoon out. A big thank you to all the staff and management for making us feel welcome and we both will look forward to visiting you soon. On a very final note, i would recommand a visit and try there home cooked food with a nice cool beer. Gets a big thumbs up ftom me and my brother in arms. THANK YOU

Always go in when we visit taunton, lovely clean and friendly local pub, not tried the food yet but always looks good.

Fab breakfast ,friendly staff and nice clean pub .

Did not have any food but the beer was nice and lady was very welcoming

Busy locals pub, 3 hand pumps on offer from around England. Obviously been very busy during Sunday dinner service, only one person behind the bar.

Good pint of Ringwood Fortyniner for only £4.

Great pub, good selection of ales and friendly staff. Nice garden too.

The best ploughman 's ever! Quality ingredients great wine and fantastic service. Luv it so much we have booked a table for Mon.

Great value, good pub grub and friendly service 👍

We are on holiday in the area and saw the specials menu, we went in and was made to feel instantly welcome. The food was amazing! We would 100% recommend to anybody

Absolutely love this pub, service is fantastic, atmosphere is so warm and welcoming. I was served by someone called Sophie and she was full of smiles and very polite. 100% recommend this place and definitely will be back

We just called in for dinner before a show at the theatre. We ordered a drink and a meal for my wife and I. It was honestly the best Hunters Chicken I have ever had anywhere. Because I am coeliac I asked the chef to ensure there was no gluten. My wife had a cheese baguette and was very pleased as well. The lady then gave us free ice lollies as it was so hot.

What a great local pub. Super nice staff and solid food and good value. Great outdoor area and a nice pub

Always a very friendly welcome at The Ale House Great selection of drinks very decently priced Perfect if visiting Somerset cricket which is just across the road If here on a Sunday, the Sunday roast is a must

Me & my wife visited the Alex house on the night we seen Lionel Richie It was very busy understandably due to its proximity to the cricket club. I had a Sunday dinner & the wife had scampi chips & peas cooked to perfection and piping hot & very good price. Excellent.

AVOID AVOID AVOID! Allows members of drunk staff to hit men in the face which is on cctv as seen by police and continues to keep that woman member of staff working there.

Does good food Great cod & chips Not big inside but it's where I go on Friday for cod & chips. Very friendly

Busy night, only one person behind the bar but the atmosphere was good with plenty of sport on the tvs.

Lovely atmosphere staff were welcoming

Great pub, friendly atmosphere, reasonable prices.

Stopped off for a quick pint before getting our train. There was a person repeatedly shouting racist abuse about foreign people generally... p******s and n*******s, and where they should go... the bar staff were tolerating this. Clearly this is something they are unashamed about. This went on for the duration of our drink. Here's looking at you Taunton

Brilliant place beer was brilliant

Quite simply, great food at very reasonable prices. Cooked to order and very generous proportions! We called in today after a medical appointment, the lady who served us was very friendly and welcoming, I would definitely recommend the Ale House.